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Treasurer Lynn Fitch Elected Chair of the Board for PERS

Jackson,
MS. At a meeting
of the Board of Trustees today, Treasurer Lynn Fitch was elected 2017-18 Board
Chair for the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS).

“I am honored
to have been elected to this position,” said Treasurer Fitch. “I
take this responsibility very seriously. The current and future retirees
of Mississippi deserve our very best efforts to keep their retirement savings
safe and strong.”

Fitch has
served as Board Vice Chair, as well as Chair of the Defined Contribution
Committee, for the past year. She succeeds Dr. Randy McCoy as Board of
Trustees Chair. Kelly Breland, a representative of State employees on the
Board, will serve as this year’s Vice Chair.

“I want to
thank Dr. McCoy for his service as PERS Chair,” continued Fitch.
“It has been a true privilege to serve with him in this capacity. I am
looking forward to working with Kelly Breland and all the Trustees over the
coming year to ensure that PERS is on a steady trajectory to fiscal health.”

According to
the latest Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (December 2016), at the end of
the last fiscal year, PERS defined benefit plans served 399,757 members and
102,212 retirees and beneficiaries. It paid out $2.4 billion in
retirement benefits in Fiscal Year 2016.